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The Dreamer's Dictionary

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Never before has the science of dream interpretation been made so understandable. I have used this book thousands of times since I bought it about a year ago. The insight Dr. Condron offers from her own experience is invaluable to dreamers, which we all are! I have even used this book to help kids better understand their own dreams.

There is too much left unsaid in this book for a novice...for instance, it will list a symbol such as "run" but not really give you clues as to what it means if someone is chasing you in your dream or you are just running...maybe i'm just a novice, but i need a little more information to understand the symbolism.

This is a response to the reviews giving low rating for the book being incomplete.

I've used this book as a reference for several years, as a student and teacher in the School of Metaphysics, and I'm actually glad it's only as detailed as it is. This book allows room for applying these universal symbols to specific dream context. It also stimulates you to reason and figure out more specific symbols from the general ones. That's why there are often questions asked in the symbol entries.

It's important to give some meditative thought to the symbols in a dream and to the larger image that from which they are cut. I've found there's a tendency for beginning dream interpreters to turn dream interpretation into an exercise in listing symbols and meanings without actually imagining the meaning or seeing the connection of the symbol to its meaning. And there's a tendency to just decide that a dream means whatever you feel like it means without understanding how or why, also. I guess this book tries to keep away from either of those mistakes.

Really, it's a lot easier with someone to teach you.

I do think that it would help to have more examples of entire dreams, their interpretations, and how they reflected the dreamer's waking life, as well as a little more on why the symbols mean what they mean.

This is THE BEST dream interpretation dictionary ever. I have given ten as gifts since I discovered it several years ago -- and everyone who's received it has raaaaaaved about it.

The foreward is a must-read, as it builds the credibility for this amazing book. In it, author Barbara Condron describes her passion for defining dream images as something that began in childhood.

In Section I, Condron describes that this "will serve as a reference book giving for words of one language, English, equivalents in another, the language of mind. ... For instance, an apple in your dream signifies knowledge, a baby represents a new idea, and a house represents your mind."

Not only does Condron define the image "in the language of mind" and give a dictionary definition, but she has a section called "thoughts to consider" that is so right on, it is unbelievable.

If you love looking at dream time for guidance in your waking time, this is a must for your library.

Dr. Condron's work is inspired from the desire I have had, as well as all of humanity throughout the ages, to understand what is occurring within myself while I sleep. I once wondered if all the time I was asleep was wasted time that I could better use in more productive ventures. I even began to investigate techniques that would aid me to reduce the amount of sleep that I required. Meditation was one method I investigated for this purpose. The book Dreamer's Dictioary , however, confirmed the idea that I had pondered that perhaps something productive was occurring while I slept, that maybe this was an important function of the mind rather than an outdated hinderance of evolution. I realized that my dreams were teaching me about myself. The insights in these descriptions are the most accurate and thorough I have encountered. I was sceptical at first, but I made the commitment to dive in and see for myself. The only way to know for sure is to begin interpreting your own dreams and the dreams of other

This book needs to be on every dreamer's nightstand just alongside your dream journal and pen. What I love about this book is that you first gain understanding into the mind and the universal language of dreams and then gain insight into the meaning of the various symbols in the dictionary itself. The Dreamer's Dictionary gives you a guidebook along the journey of exploring the messages from the part of you that is always aware of its connection with Source.

Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady of ProfitableStorytelling
#1 bestselling author, author mentor and speaker

This book is super excellent, I have always wanted to know what my dreams meant and this book assisted me and gave me the necessary tools to do so. This is a must have.

When I was a young child I had nightmares constantly. After learning how to interpret my dreams I no longer was scared to go to sleep. The Dreamer's Dictionary written by Dr. Barbara Condronis amazing. It gives you many symbols and their meaning throughout the book as well as ways to learn how to interpret your own dreams or figure out symbols not included in the book. This I think is a must read for anyone wanting to understand their dreams or their life.

I found this book to be just awesome!!!! I bought 3 books with the group and this is the book I look at for it all.. the explanations make the most sense of anything I have ever read about dream interpretations... the direction was good.. I just feel so good about this book guiding me... I do use a few others in case the word is not in this book but, all in all.. this book gives me the meat and direction of the dream and then I know where the message is going... I would recommend the book to anyone!!!

I have always been interested in dreams and over the years have read many books to try to better understand them. This is HANDS DOWN the most exciting, informative, useful dream book I have ever encountered. I literally felt as if I were remembering a long-lost language when I learned about the Universal Language of Mind, and the information I now receive from my dreams improves my life on a daily basis.